One day, Bay Area sports fans will figure out this All-Star voting thing.

Giants fans shamelessly stuffed the virtual ballot box last season, to the point of absurdly elevating injured Freddy Sanchez into the top five among National League second basemen. That was embarrassing, but at least it carried a whiff of (blind) loyalty.

As we all know, the Warriors are enjoying their first respectable season in pretty much forever. And it's no secret Curry and Lee are the driving forces behind the team's sudden and dramatic improvement.

But in the most recent voting totals, released last week, Curry stood ninth among Western Conference guards. He ranked behind Minnesota's Ricky Rubio, who has played in five games all season because of injury, and the Lakers' Steve Nash, who has played in only seven games because of injury.

It's more striking in the frontcourt, where Lee didn't even make the top 15 players. Memphis managed to put three frontcourt players in the top 11 - Rudy Gay, Marc Gasol and Zach Randolph. Dallas' Dirk Nowitzki stood No. 13, despite missing all but five games and averaging an uncommonly low 8.2 points when he did play.

Lee, meantime, has been relentlessly productive for the Warriors, spitting out 20-10 games as if they were somehow his birthright. He entered Wednesday night's game against the Clippers averaging 20.1 points and 11 rebounds.

The Warriors obviously have a devout following - they drew well even when the team was miserable, and they're routinely playing before capacity crowds this season. Aren't some of these people also Giants fans? And, no, we're absolutely not suggesting they vote for Andrew Bogut (four games played) or Brandon Rush (two).

Curry and Lee aren't going to push aside Kobe Bryant and Kevin Durant for starting spots, but they deserve a little love from their hometown fans.